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Engraved ornamental design with reclining figures, cherubs, scrolling acanthus and classical moldings, by Jean Le Pautre, 166

Sheet from the set, "Recherche de Plusieurs Beaux Morceaux d'Ornamens"

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Portrait of Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema

Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1880

Engraving of a large vase on a leafy pedestal, supported and gripped by two muscular nude male figures on either side.

Plate 17, "Suite of Vases"

Benigno Bossi, 1760

Engraving of two peasant men dancing energetically, one with arms raised and one kicking a leg high, with a keys-hanging pouc

The Dancing Peasants

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly hair, white cravat and dark coat, turned to the left against hatched background.

Portrait of Robert Burns

William Nicholson, 1810

Hand-coloured engraving of a Roman palace seen through a large stone arch, with boats on water and an obelisk in the distance

Peep-show, Vue d'un Superbe Pallais de Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1740

Hand-colored oval portrait print of bearded King Francis I of France in fur-trimmed dark robes, with French caption below.

King Francis I of France

Marie-Jeanne-Françoise-Suzanne Champion de Cernel, 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono drawing a sword, with a lattice screen behind him.

Fragment: Sawamura Sojuro drawing his sword

Utagawa Kuninao, 1820

Etching of the crucifixion of Christ with grieving women kneeling below and soldiers to the left under a cloudy sky.

Via crucis - Station XII, The Crucifixion

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of three ornamental paneling designs with scrolls, garlands, putti and a flower urn, one labeled for a bath room.

Three Designs for Decorative Paneling

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1780

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a central classical figure, winged creatures, drapery and a Latin caption below.

Grotesque with Deities. Plate 04 “Juno,” 2nd state

René Boyvin, 1540

Engraving of a woman huntress seated on a mound with a spear and net, framed by a rococo ornamental border.

La Chasseuse

Gabriel Huquier, 1720

Engraved oval cartouche design with two putti leaning over a flower urn, surrounded by scrolls and floral garlands.

Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Sailboat, in Recueil Noveau de Differens Cartouches

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1730

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in military uniform with a star order and sword, framed by an ornate scrolling border.

Portrait of Frederick Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

D. J. Pound, 1850

Engraved page of three vertical ornamental pilaster designs with cherubs, an atlas figure, and a female caryatid.

Page T hree from "Quatrieme Livre Contenant Des Montans où Pilastres Inventés par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1770

Etching of a bare-shouldered woman seated on a couch, with a crowd of agitated figures crowding in from the left.

Cleopatra (?)

François-Nicolas Chifflart, 1850

Engraving of the Holy Family with a lamb beneath a tree, with haloed figures and a dedication inscription below.

Holy Family with St. John

Engraving of the risen Christ with a staff above startled soldiers, with radiant light and cherubs in the sky.

The Resurrection

Gaspar Huberti, 1690

Etching of a rainy night street with umbrellas, carriages, lit shop fronts and a bare tree at right.

Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of an industrial harbor with a gantry crane lifting a grab bucket, smokestacks, smoke, and moored barges.

The Grip, Serang

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Engraved bust portrait of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark jacket and cravat, on a cream paper sheet.

Portrait of George Bancroft

Henry Bryan Hall, 1860

Engraving of a turbaned rider on a rearing horse recoiling from an angel above a battlefield of fallen soldiers.

The Angel Appearing to Sennacherib's Army In Battle

Pieter Soutman, 1630

Engraved view of Richmond from the River Thames, with a rowing boat, a bridge, riverside houses and trees.

View of Richmond, from the River Thames, from Walter Harrison's History of London

Royce, 1740

Etching of St. James's Palace gatehouse with clock tower, pedestrians in top hats and an early car on the street.

St. James's Palace from St. James's Street

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Etching of figures lowering a body from a cross at night, with mourners and a white shroud in the foreground.

Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etching of Christ speaking with a woman at a stone well, with a town and travelers in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Woodcut of Saint Christopher wading a river with the Christ child on his shoulders, a tree and hermit beside him.

Saint Christopher

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved landscape of a valley town with hills, tall trees, travelers with pack horses, and a cloudy sky.

Second View of Pyrmont in Waldeck

Peter Mazell, 1780

Hand-colored print of Mount Vesuvius erupting above a bay with a lighthouse, fortress, boats, and swans in the water.

Mount Vesuvius

England William Spooner, 1830

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome, a lion, Mary Magdalene, an angel and a putto under a draped curtain.

The Virgin and Child Adored by Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalene

Agostino Carracci, 1580